The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: EcclesiastesFunk & Wagnalls, 1892 |
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... called new [ Nisbet ] . Verse 10. Men suddenly rejoice in some boasted discovery for healing the hurt of humanity . See , this is new ! But the old wounds still remain . The true Healer of man is Divine , and comes from above . Panting ...
... called new [ Nisbet ] . Verse 10. Men suddenly rejoice in some boasted discovery for healing the hurt of humanity . See , this is new ! But the old wounds still remain . The true Healer of man is Divine , and comes from above . Panting ...
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... called up again . God will investigate the case of those who have been persecuted . 18. That God might manifest them . ] The disorders of the present are permitted to the end that God might test , or prove , men . That they themselves ...
... called up again . God will investigate the case of those who have been persecuted . 18. That God might manifest them . ] The disorders of the present are permitted to the end that God might test , or prove , men . That they themselves ...
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... called from the abyss of nothing by the Almighty power . The time of our departure hence is also determined . Though that time is to us unknown , yet where our journey of life shall end is known fully to the Great Disposer of all things ...
... called from the abyss of nothing by the Almighty power . The time of our departure hence is also determined . Though that time is to us unknown , yet where our journey of life shall end is known fully to the Great Disposer of all things ...
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... called " the comforter . " There are seasons when man must pay his tribute to nature , and assume the proper circumstances of woe . Again the season arrives when it is seemly to remove the ensigns of sorrow . Silence should go before ...
... called " the comforter . " There are seasons when man must pay his tribute to nature , and assume the proper circumstances of woe . Again the season arrives when it is seemly to remove the ensigns of sorrow . Silence should go before ...
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... called up again - reviewed and judged . Men think when they have persecuted the righteous that all is done with . They have silenced the testimony of truth . They have triumphed over the meek . But the end will come , and a day of ...
... called up again - reviewed and judged . Men think when they have persecuted the righteous that all is done with . They have silenced the testimony of truth . They have triumphed over the meek . But the end will come , and a day of ...
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beauty believer's Believers beloved blessed Bride Bridegroom character Christ Christian Church comfort darkness death delight DELITZSCH desire Divine duty earth earthly enjoy enjoyment eternal evil eyes faith favour fear feeling folly fool fruit GESENIUS gift give glory God's goeth Gospel grace hand happiness hath heart heaven heavenly Hence holy hope human infinite Israel Jermin Jerusalem Jesus John xiv King King's knowledge labour Lebanon light living Lord Mahanaim MAIN HOMILETICS man's marriage Matt mind misery moral myrrh mystery nature ness Nisbet oppression outward painful PARAGRAPH.-Verses passion peace Pentecost pleasure possession prayer Preacher present proper RASHI reason regard riches righteous Saviour seek sense SEPTUAGINT Shenir Shulamite Shulamite's sinner solemn Solomon Song Song of Solomon sorrow soul spikenard spirit SUGGESTIVE COMMENTS sweet TARGUM thee THEODORET things thou thought tion true truth unto vanity Verse 12 vineyard VULGATE Wardlaw wealth wisdom wise words
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Page 63 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Page 101 - Lord to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Page 107 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word ? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 105 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 35 - Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Page 92 - And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying : for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Page 83 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write ; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth ; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 73 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 142 - The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.